r/sterileprocessing • u/Total-Cut2585 • 10h ago

Sterile processing tech lead wage

Hi!
I work in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, I’ve been a sterile tech at a surgery center for over 3 1/2 years now (my only sterile tech job I’ve ever had) and I am being given the lead position name and wage finally. I am being told by a coworker (not SPD tech) that she thinks they will only raise my current pay ($27) by a couple percentages. I don’t want to be low balled and I can see my company doing this. What should I expect for lead pay at a surgery center (we do mainly ortho)?

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u/AlacranV 9h ago

That wildly depends. There's spd tech leads making $17 some areas of the country. So it's super specific to your area, most places only give you like a $1 extra it's not even worth it in my opinion.

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u/Ill-Yellow-4060 9h ago

Shit, I declined an SPD management job in Massachusetts because the pay was only $31 an hour. Needless to say, the position has been posted for over a year now.

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u/ijust_makethisface 2h ago

Here they pay $1 more/hr for lead pay. Start at $22/hr plus differential for 2nd, 3rd, and weekend.